The Most Innovative Ways to Match Your Jewellery and Lehenga!
BY Sakshi | 02 Sep, 2024 | 71124 views | 11 min read
When it comes to your wedding day, every detail counts, especially how you pair your jewellery with your lehenga. The right combination can take your bridal look from beautiful to breathtaking. But with so many options out there, finding the perfect match can feel overwhelming. Don’t worry - we’re here to make it easy! We’ll explore some of the most innovative ways to pair your bridal jewellery with your lehenga, helping you shine even brighter on your big day. Yup, brides have upped the game as far as their jewellery for lehenga is concerned, and here are some cool new ways to match them- whether it's contrasting , with red and pink lehengas or all match-matchy, these are some cool new ideas. Let’s dive in!
Contrasting Jewellery For Lehenga Ideas
We love a bride who contrasts her jewellery to perfection, so let's take some inspiration from those who it just right!
Image via @sanjanabhansali95
See how that little pop of green in the jewellery makes her red lehenga and the work on it stand out even more?
Blush Pink And Gorgeous White
Image via Sharanya and Vinay
This is perfect for brides who are looking to go contrast but yet want to remain in the muted colour world. Looking fantastic, this combination of blush pink and white is stunning!
Peach With Ruby Maroon!
Image via Poonam Makeup Artist
Talk about contrasting the bold with the beautiful! This lovely peach hue contrasted with the jewel toned hue of maroon with rubies is such a gorgeous mix.
Multicoloured Jewels With A Classic Red
Image via Tripti Malhotra
Who says that red goes only with gold? Take a cue from this bride who matched her classic red lehenga with multicoloured jewels. The best part is that she can rewear and re-style these jewels with any other look easily!
Gorgeous Gold With White!
Image via House On The Clouds
This lovely combination is so unique and fresh that we simply love it. It’s vibrant yet subtle. It allows you to play with classics like gold and diamonds without going OTT!
Ice Blue With Rose Gold
Images via @meherssen and Pinterest
How stunning and out of the box is this combination of colours? We are loving the mix of rose gold with this ice blue-meets-green combo!
Gold And Lime Green
Image via Kriti Karbanda
Simple, fresh and super vibrant! You can take this combination for any event – be it the bride, bridesmaid, mother of the bride – everyone can pull this off. Simply stunning!
Silver And Red
Image via Makeup Mistress Vandita Ahuja
A departure from the typical gold and red, we give you this unique combination of silver and red. We are totally crushing on this colour combination!
Emerald Green And Baby Pink
While the Ambani wedding gave us a lot of wedding inspiration, this contrasting baby pink and emerald green colour combination was stunning. Totally gorgeous!
Tangerine And Sage Green
Images via Nilofer and Subir
If you are looking at a unique colour combination that very few have donned, you will not go wrong with sage green and tangerine. Bright and vibrant!
Red And Green
Image via Ridhi Bakshi
Total love for this combination. It’s a classic for a reason and for all seasons!
Yellow And White Gold
Image via Kshitija
Another colour combination that is in the pastel palette but yet looks so unique and beautiful. It’s great for brides who don’t want to go too bold with contrasting elements yet don’t want matching colours!
Bright Contrasting Colours: Violet and Green
Image via Nandini and Ajay's Wedding
We love how Nandini picked up the beauty of her green and gold embroidery on her violet lehenga and matched her jewellery to it- both are contrasting colours, both seem to be polls apart, but they work so well! She surely gave us an idea what jewellery to wear with a lehenga.
Bright Contrasting Colours: Reddish Pink with a Pop of Blue
Image via Purva and Shivam's Wedding
Pop colours are so popular these days. Real Bride Purva had the most gorgeous necklace, which was a very unlikely one when paired with her strawberry pink lehenga- but they still worked! And for a good, contrasting pair of jewellery for a lehenga- simply wowie!
Bright Contrasting Colours: Saffron and Green
Image via Colorblind Production and Nirali & Ribhu (Udaipur)
So in love with such a pair that is a mix of two bright colours giving us ideas as to what jewels to wear with your lehenga. Real Brides Meher and Nirali wore a very unlikely combination- saffron lehenga with green jewellery- but it still worked so well!
Bright Contrasting Colours: Pink with Red and Green
Image via Bhumi and Simran Photography
Doesn’t it look bold? A jewel set holding such rich colours paired with a simple pastel lehenga. This Real Bride really upped her jewellery game by contrasting her lehenga with not just one, but two more colours in her jewellery, but it still works!
Contrasting Jewel tones: Maroon and Emerald Green
Image via Divya Vithika Wedding Planners
OMG are the letters that come out of your mouth after seeing this jewellery set with a lehenga. Simply outstanding and magnificent. Real Bride Kritika went all deep rich jewel tones- with her lehenga and her jewellery, which were both contrasting! Her lehenga was a deep maroon while her jewellery was emerald!
Contrasting Colours: Blue Stoned Jewellery With Golden Lehenga
Image via Sasha & Samarth (Muscat)
Real Bride Sasha had some gorgeous polki jewellery- adding a tiny pop of blue to her otherwise beige and gold lehenga! These are colours that can be worn by anyone in this world and would still look stunning, though it is indeed common but can create a different look altogether. Who wouldn’t want such matching jewellery with a lehenga?
Contrasting Colours: White with Pink
Image via Aashna & Uneesh (Baroda)
Still confused as how to choose jewellery with a lehenga? Real Bride Aashna really took a chance with her bridal look, and it worked so well! She paired her white and gold lehenga with contrasting pink jewellery and it looked gorgeous! How to mix pop with something so subtle? You’ve surely got your answer.
Contrasting Colours: Pastel Pink with Green
Image via Harleen Deol Photography
Real Bride Guneet had contrasting lehenga and jewellery- the green in the jewellery adding more depth and a pop of colour to her monotone outfit. She made a perfect style statement by choosing two pastel shades out of which one had obviously a darker tone and gave us a perfect idea for jewellery to be paired with a lehenga!
Contrasting Diamond and Emerald Jewellery with Red/ Maroon Lehenga
Image via Shri Gurudev Photographers
The jewellery and lehenga of these Real Brides have nothing in common, but they still go so well! That's the beauty of diamonds and emeralds- they are pretty versatile! This bride right here broke a simple norm and commonality of wearing golden shades of jewellery by pairing beautiful diamonds with a darker shade of lehenga. She went completely different from others and rocked every part of it.
Pearl Jewellery With Lehenga That Has More Than One Colour
Image via Gautam Khullar Photography
Pearl Jewellery is a safe bet to go with a multicoloured lehenga- it stands out, pulls the whole look together and looks gorgeous! They sheer a sense of class and can be paired with any colour in this whole wide world. Another posh idea for a jewellery with a lehenga look.
Multicolour Jewellery with Simple Pearl Lehenga
Image via Shreya and Nikhil's Wedding
A simple choker set with a maathapathi, a simple pair of jewellery for your lehenga. Real Bride Shreya's choker had a lot of colours and pearls, but her lehenga was a simple silver and red one with a lot of pearl work on it.
Matching Jewellery Ideas
So if contrasting your jewellery is not really what you're looking forward to, here are brides who matched their jewellery and their outfits, and knocked it out of the park!
Pastels on Pastels
Image via Karthik and Viha
This bride had her jewels customised, and we think it's a very elegant choice, keeping it all in the pastel colour family.
Something unusual
Image via Poise by Amrita Singh
How elegant does this bride look with her pretty aquamarine lehenga and jewellery? A very elegant choice rather than switching to something that's contrasting which would add too much colour.
Sage Green Beauty!
Image via Ayushi
Sage green is such a beautiful pick when it comes to bridal outfits. Match it with the same jewels and it’s a dream-come-true look!
Turquoise Blue With Pearls
Image via Misha and Jai
This one has a matching pendant with the lehenga with gorgeous pearls!
Blush Pink And White
Image via Anjul Bhandari
Matching in the same colour palette, this blush pink and white combination is simply lovely!
Matching Aqua Blue Stunner!
Image via Sohni Juneja Makeup Artist
Total love!
Pastel Lehenga With Pastel-toned Jewellery- like this bride and her matching jewellery for pink lehenga
Image via Sahej & Prateik (Delhi)
Real Bride Sahej had her jewellery match her pastel lehenga- no pop of colour, just subtle prettiness! Unlike the contrasting pair of jewellery and lehenga that we have seen so far, this bride has combined all the pastel shades into one, be it her lehenga or jewellery.
Matching Exact Hues Of The Jewellery With Lehenga
Image via Cupcake Productions
We have now come to the matching phase and this perfect accessory for your lehenga is an excellent idea. The exact same hue on the jewellery and the lehenga. No more nor less. Always works!
Matching Colours, Different Hues
Image via DotDusk Studios
This Real Bride kept her jewellery in the same colour family, but the hues were different. The lehenga was a light pink while the jewellery of a darker more stark shade. If you don’t want to mix different colours, you need not worry, in that case you can pick different hues of the same colour. This maroon set of jewellery for a lehenga has surely set some goals out there.
Matching Jewellery To Dupatta Border
Image via Rish Photography
So this Real Bride matched her jewellery to her dupatta's border, which was a bright greenish-blue as opposed to the light pink. Another cool way to do it and add a much needed pop of colour! There is another idea for you to not mix a lot of colours together instead pick one of the two and match it with your jewellery.
Looking For Matching Jewellery For Maroon Lehenga? Pick Stones In Matching Color
Image via Fotowalle - The Story Folks
Another way to do this is to match the colour of the stones to the lehenga- have a red lehenga? Get jewellery with rubies? Pink? If you’re not in a mood to wear all the same. Then pink sapphires might do the trick! Red was to be considered the colour for a wedding so why not add it a little and bring it back into the game?
Matching Every Colour In Lehenga And Jewellery
Image via Raghav and Roma's Wedding
The idea of matching can never be poles apart. Roma's red bridal lehenga had embroidery with gold and green too, and so did her jewellery- every single shade on the lehenga and jewellery was matched! Yet another beautiful set for lehenga jewellery!
Matching Jewellery To The Work On Lehenga
Image via Akansha and Prabhav's Wedding
She looks simple and subtle yet she covered all her dreams by fulfilling all her wants and dreams. Akansha's lehenga had a lot of gold zardozdi work- so she matched her statement jewellery to that- and she wore loads of layered necklaces instead of a big one. The longer rani haar adds so much more to the outfit! Little glitzy is it? Come onn!
Simple Piece That Takes Any Lehenga To Another Level
Pic via Photozaapki;Weva Photography
Oh so simple would be a mantra for some girls. A plain kundan neckpiece and earring set can really take any lehenga to glorious places. So opt for one in a unique shape! It is always evergreen and can be worn by anyone wearing a lehenga So opt for one in a unique shape!
This Simple Diamond Beauty That's So Unique
Delicate neckpieces go well with delicate embroideries - a match made in heaven! They showcase a side of your personality as simple as it could get, this bride pulled off a beautiful floral lehenga with something plain and simple for it to be a jewellery set! Yet another vibrant pair for a jewellery set with a lehenga!
Wondering what jewellery to wear with lehenga of different colours? Well, not anymore! Whether you are looking for contrasting jewellery with golden lehenga or thinking of matching jewellery with maroon lehenga, there's something for every one on this list!
Safe to say matching jewellery with lehenga won't be an issue anymore?
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